Boogie

Current boat name

Boogie

Boat class

7372

Function

Sports and Leisure

Type

Dinghy

Propulsion

Engine/sail/oar

Date of build

1950's

Place of build

Highbridge on River Brue, Somerset

Present use

Leasure

KIMBERS BOAT YARD "The Highbridge wharf was approached through, what was called the River Brue Channel. When the tide was high this area provided anchorage for a number of cargo ships, waiting loading or unloading.In this area, Mr. Harold John Kimber, or ‘Kim’ had established a boat building and repair yard in 1927 it was in part previously called the Clyce Wharf. Many small boats were built, including some for the Admiralty, particularly during World War II. A local lad John Meader, upon leaving school, took up a six-year apprenticeship in December 1949 at the boatyard and remembers being involved in the repair of boats for the Admiralty, Lloyds and R.N.L.I. They also built private boats and although being a small family owned business it carried out a wide variety of work, in the early days, it was mainly timber and woodcraft. Fibre Glass, which was soon to become a much-used media in boat construction, was not, as yet, used in boat building. One of the largest yachts built at the yard was “Fresh Breeze” designed by Uffa Fox a leading boat designer, the yacht being for a Mr. Morrell of Porlock Weir." Further reference on the internet states that Harold Kimber was still working in 1973, therefore, as it is a traditionally built, it might have been built between 1927 and the 1970s but it is felt that she's from the 1950s or 60s. Restored in 2017. OC18